Barbara B. Diefendorf

The St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre

A Brief History with Documents

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume begins with an overview of the context, course and aftermath of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. The documents in Part Two include 'official' sources such as royal edits and magistrates' reports, but also popular songs, polemics, and selections from memoirs and other eye-witness accounts and visual documents.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macmillan Learning
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 139mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 196g
• ISBN-13: 9780312413606
• ISBN-10: 0312413602
• Artikelnr.: 24817582

Autorenporträt

Barbara B. Diefendorf

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: INTRODUCTION: SAINT BARTHOLOMEW'S DAY AND THE PROBLEM OF RELIGIOUS
VIOLENCE
Religious Faith in an Insecure World
The Origins and Spread of the Protestant Reformation
Religious War and the Intensification of Religious Hatreds
The Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre in Paris and the Provinces
Repercussions of the Massacre in France and Abroad
Memories of the Massacre
PART II: THE DOCUMENTS
Religious Divisions in Sixteenth-Century France
Religious War and the Intensification of Religious Hatreds (1562-1570)
The Massacre in Paris and the Provinces
Repercussions
Memories of the Massacre
APPENDIXES
Chronology of Major Events
List of Major Figures
Questions for Consideration
Selected Bibliography